How many peas do you think you've eaten in your life?

[HopeHoops]

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	Zero
	0 (0%)
	Only what my mother made me eat
	0 (0%)
	About a hundred
	0 (0%)
	THOUSANDS
	0 (0%)
	A Brazillian
	3 (75%)
	What the hell are peas?
	0 (0%)
	Only what I grew myself (don't expect many hits on this one)
	0 (0%)
	Peas or Pees? There's a difference you know.
	0 (0%)
	Those are the little green thingies with no taste, right?
	0 (0%)
	As many as possible. I'm addicted to them.
	1 (25%)
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[PoliticAverse]

1. Why isn't 'too many' an option ? n/t

[HopeHoops]

3. That was option two - "Only what my mother made me eat".

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Too many, unless you count black-eyed peas which are fantastic.

But don't really count as "peas".

[HopeHoops]

4. No, they're a type of bean. I love those too, especially with corn.

[OriginalGeek]

5. Unless you count chickpeas

i voted only what my mother made me eat. I've eaten very few since and even then it was only by accident.

But I've eaten tons of hummus so if chickpeas count, then tons.


But I hate hate hate those cans of green peas.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Beans again....Garbanzo Beans.

Do not insult Garbanzo beans by calling them "peas".

[HopeHoops]

8. I loved Carlin's skit on "foods that sound too funny to eat."

[OriginalGeek]

20. I'm not sure I've ever et a whole garbanzo bean

But I'm with ya - peas don't hold a candle to the bean.

[PoliticAverse]

10. Hummustn't get those confused with peas... n/t

[OriginalGeek]

19. Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii LIKE it!

[csziggy]

21. No, chickpeas don't count

As food under any circumstances. I've always hated chickpeas/garbanzo beans. We'd often get served them at the Cuban restaurants Mom & Dad liked to go to in Ybor City and to me they always tasted nasty. Mom would give us chickpeas as a side dish or as a garnish on salads or even chickpea soup. It never helped!

Then hummus became popular. I was looking for something to eat with my homemade bread and bought some hummus to try. It tasted nasty to me. Imagine my unhappy surprise when I realized that hummus is just whirled chickpeas! What a cruel hoax.

[OriginalGeek]

25. lol!

I love the cuban places in Ybor city - will be there in a few weeks for a concert and plan to hit up the Columbia for at least one dinner.

Hummus is an acquired taste - i have acquired it. And the best part is when I get it, I get ALL of it as my wife has decided to hate it.

[csziggy]

44. I'm jealous - I haven't been to the Columbia for many years

At least 30 since I've been to the one in Ybor City. The last time we were in St. Pete we went to the one they had on the pier. It was good food, of course and the view was great but it lacked the ambiance of the original.

At the one in Ybor City try asking at the bar about the secret dining rooms. When I was a kid (about 50 years ago) we took Canadian relatives to the Columbia. For some reason I was wandering around the outside of the building and went into the butcher shop that used to be around the side. The gentleman there and I talked and it turned out he was the son of the owners of the Columbia.

He offered to show my family something special and took us behind the bar and down some stairs. There are two secret dining rooms and a wine and booze cellar under the restaurant. One dining room is for men with some risque paintings. The other is the ladies dining room, very elegant with gold plated implements. I wish I had owned a camera - the rooms were really interesting and I doubt I will ever get a chance to get that tour again. I'm not near as cute and adorable as I was as a kid.

I have the Columbia Restaurant cookbook which has a history of the business but it does not mention the secret dining rooms. And I have searched the internet and never found any mention of them.

If you cook, get a container of their smoked paprika. It is really different and adds a wonderful taste to recipes, especially Arroz con Pollo.

[OriginalGeek]

51. THAT is freakin cool.

Yeah, we love Columbia. The funny thing is I have been to all of them except the original in Ybor - that's one reason I made sure we would be going this trip - the show I'm going to is in a club a block down the street. The one in St Pete was the first one I went to on the advice of a favorite uncle who knew we were visiting the area and we have been fans ever since. The one in Clearwater is beautiful and the one in St Augustine is too. But I am very much looking forward to visiting the original.

The last couple years we have gone to the one in Celebration (Disney) as it's pretty close - they have a 1905 day on their anniversary with a limited menu but the prices are all from 1905 when they first opened up. Boliche, that fantastic salad, a bowl of soup and a couple pitchers of sangria for less than ten bucks and it's all just as delicious as any other day at Columbia. Get there early (11:00ish) and plan to wait for a couple hours. It's worth it.

I will look for that paprika too. Thanks for the heads up!

[csziggy]

55. The original is a definite change from any other one

The decor is traditional Ybor City Cuban style - lots of colorful tile and fountains that kept the place cooler before air conditioning. You'll enjoy it!

Watch out, though. Ybor City is no longer a place a family can let a kid wander off on their own for even a few minutes.

I'm too much of a stick in the mud to do Disney. I remember that area before Disney invaded and they ruined it. I swore when they built it I would never ever go - and I haven't. The closest I came was over 20 years ago when a needlework seminar was held at one of the hotels that was not in the park proper. I stayed at a cheaper place and went for the day.

Disney is completely artificial. Nothing you see from the ground up is real. I much prefer the original palmetto scrub with descendants of the Spanish cattle wandering through. I'll spend the day at the Kissimmee Cow Camp (recreation outside Lake Wales) but not a minute at a Disney area theme park.

[OriginalGeek]

58. It is VERY Stepfordy in Celebration

I really kinda weirds me out seeing how "perfect" everything is...usually perfect should be a good thing but it's just a bit creepy in there. But the boliche draws me! lol


Yeah Ybor is a little on the rough side - the opposite of Celebration - but one of my main hobbies is going to metal concerts in seedy bars and that's why I'll be down there. I've been to much worse places. The last time I was down there for a show I thought I saw a little Arturo Fuente cigar shop across from Columbia so I'm really hoping it's open when we go. It might even be part of the restaurant - some of the others sell cigars inside the stores.

[ohiosmith]

7. Nine!

[HopeHoops]

9. Nine. Seriously? Nine?

[ohiosmith]

14. Yes! My dog got the rest when mom wasn't looking.

[liberal N proud]

11. More than I should have

[HopeHoops]

12. Why, they're almost as good for you as beans... Speaking of which...

BEANS, BEANS! They're good for your heart.
The more you eat the more you fart!
The more you fart the better you feel,
So eat your beans with every meal!!!

[liberal N proud]

15. I hate the taste of peas

And they the way they go squish make me think of baby shit.

[HopeHoops]

26. How about split pea soup? At least it LOOKS like baby shit!

[liberal N proud]

39. Yes it does

[Graybeard]

41. Who does your cooking?

When properly cooked peas have a fresh crunch
when bitten into. That freshness is one of the
reasons I like peas.

[HopeHoops]

53. I snack on them while in the garden. That, cherry tomatoes, and asparagus.

They're just begging to be eaten fresh and immediately after being picked.

[Graybeard]

13. (Old Joke) Can't eat peas.

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They keep falling off the knife.

Funny scene in Murder By Decree(1979).
James Mason as Dr. Watson is having dinner with
Sherlock Holmes, played by Christopher Plummer.

Holmes is looking at Watson having trouble with the
peas falling off his fork. Holmes reaches over and
squashes all the peas on his plate. "There!"
Mason (looking like he is going to cry) says, "But I don't
like my peas squashed."

[kcass1954]

22. Ogden Nash wrote this, one of my favorite funnies...

I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.

[HopeHoops]

54. You beat me to it by 5 posts.

[HopeHoops]

27. I like my peas with honey. I've done it all my life...

It makes them taste quite funny, but it keeps them on the knife.

(The poem is too old to know who first said that)

[antiquie]

16. Do pods before peas form count?

'Cause I only eat those that I grow myself.

[HopeHoops]

28. I like those best. Small peas in edible pods. Yum.

I do a lot of stir frying - those are the best for it.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Green bean casserole, peas ... Is it Legume Day in the Lounge?

[drm604]

18. I like peas.

You guys must be eating the canned ones. Those are disgusting. Fresh or frozen are great!

[HopeHoops]

29. Canned peas are like canned asparagus.

[trof]

38. AGREE!

Both are mooshy.
I will eat both when they're served to me, but I'd rather not.
I call 'em lil' green bullet peas.

[HappyMe]

23. Only what my mom made me eat.

I don't like them.

[HopeHoops]

30. My mom makes carrots and pees in the same pot.

- old joke.

[geardaddy]

24. I lurrves peas.

Fresh, frozen, canned, mushy, in soup, salad, by themselves. Peas is for MEEEEs!!!!

[HopeHoops]

31. I prefer fresh and raw in a salad, but steamed (fresh) are good too.

Frozen is an acceptable substitute, dried is fine, but canned just tastes nasty. Curiously, sometimes I crave canned peas because that's what I grew up on.

[geardaddy]

32. I agree, canned are the least palatable.

My three favorite pea recipes are split-pea soup, mushy peas on chips (you know French fry thingies) and steamed peas and pearl onions.

[HopeHoops]

33. Split pea soup is awesome, especially if you add fresh mushrooms and Vidalia onions.

[geardaddy]

34. That sounds like a good meat alternative.

I do like mine with ham hocks, but I'll have to try the mushroom kind.

[HopeHoops]

35. I grew up on the ham sort. Even button mushrooms work well, but...

I prefer portabello (never figured out the spelling) in large chunks. They just have more flavor. And you HAVE to use a sweet onion - Vidalia or Walla Walla are best, but others will do. Ripe red pepper is another good option. I use the same additives to dahl, red lentil in particular. Extra body is good.

[geardaddy]

36. Thanks for the suggestions.

They all sound delish.

[HopeHoops]

37. Get creative.

[Prisca Theologia]

40. I've eaten an Argentinian peas,

not quite a Brazilian.

The night is young, though...

[pipi_k]

42. A Brazillion minus

about 50 or so when I was a kid and my mother made me sit at the table until I finished my peas.

I was sort of a stubborn kid and never did finish those peas and my mother threw them out.

I went outside and, while sitting on the front porch pondering the ways of the world, it occurred to me that those peas I refused to eat had given their lives in vain and got wasted. I cried for the wasted peas, and never wasted another pea again.

Now I love them.

[Flaxbee]

43. Used to HATE peas. Loved broccoli and asparagus, which made my mom happy, but peas were

a no-go.

Now, I like them. Took a while, but I think I grew out of my dislike of vegetables once I quit being a difficult child

[pscot]

45. I could tell you exactly

but then I'd have to kill you.

[Art_from_Ark]

46. Do "goober peas" count?

"Peas, peas, peas, peas, eating goober peas
Goodness how delicious, eating goober peas"

[HopeHoops]

56. Well, they're legumes. Perhaps.

[baldguy]

47. Peas is the Debil's werk!

[littlemissmartypants]

48. Addicted

to sugar snap peas...yum yum!!!

[littlemissmartypants]

49. .

Visualize whirled peas.

[Chan790]

50. Exactly 82.

I know because my parents and I negotiated a number because I refused to eat them after the first one, not just the taste but the texture makes me gag and I literally cannot swallow them unless I manually shove them past my gag-reflex with my finger. #82 went down and I took off like a shot for the bathroom to vomit them all right back up.

Never had to eat them again. The mere smell or appearance of them makes me nauseous.

[AsahinaKimi]

52. Wasabi peas...

Drool...

[HopeHoops]

57. One of my favorite snacks. I've got some in the cabinet right now. Yum.

Then again, wasabi is just awesome. I make vegetarian sushi (or kim bap as we call it - Korean term). Gotta have the wasabi with it. I get the powder in the small tin and mix it up right before using it. It's also good on popcorn!

[Art_from_Ark]

59. Now you've done it

You've made me want to go out and buy some.

100 yen at the 100 yen shop

[Incitatus]

60. 298,417 nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

61. Dan Quayle sez it's spelled "peaes"

And they're hard to count when they're smashed into pea soup.

Or even better, pea and bacon soup!

[littlemissmartypants]

62. .

[HopeHoops]

63. Now THAT is some creative graffiti!